From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). When the cattle were branded, a small piece of ear was removed from each cow. The piece of ear went into the cowboys’ pockets and the ear pieces were later tallied. Here O.K. Reed (kneeling) is tallying ear pieces. Cuny Kerns, an Indian, is on the far left, next to Frank May.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). People at the ranch noticed that this cow wasn’t giving much milk; upon investigating they found that a pig was stealing it. Here the pig can be seen in action. Florence Reed, standing, witnesses the crime.
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Ed Reed’s home at Cedar at the end of Cedar Pipeline, Nye County, Nevada, early 1920s. The year this picture was taken, Ed Reed tried to grow some corn, as seen in the foreground. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada)
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). A four-mule team and wagon holding supplies, including beds, grub, and necessary equipment, prepare to leave for Spring Round–Up.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). O.K. Sr Reed, unidentified man, O.K. Jr. is at his father’s feet, and one of the Fallini brothers, kneeling, is holding down the calf (identified from left to right).
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The horses belong to the United Cattle and Packing Company. When working cattle, riders received two horses a day, one for the morning and one for the afternoon. Ed Slavin once protested jokingly “Horses get tired, I get Tired too”.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada)
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The operations of the United Cattle and Packing Company, looking east towards Ned’s Cache, is shown.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). The Reed brothers were tall men; Ed was about 6'4"and O.K. was about 6', described as big-boned with no fat on their bodies.
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From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Solan Terrell, second from the right, back row, member of a United States Navy Diving Crew, early 1943, Sand Pedro, California. While a diver in the navy, Terrell served as photo double in the diving shots for Richard Arlen, the star of the movie, “Minesweeper”.
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